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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1878-02-14

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1878-02-14 page 1

State ;r vol. xxxix. COLUMBUS, THUESDAY, FEBRUAKY 14, 1878. NO. 38. SIEBEHT k LILIil, BLANK BOOK MINIJFACTIIKERS. Pi- u ei , Ml nI ers, Ntulloners Hnd I.rfcal Blank 1'ubllBhera. BOOH. BINDING 01 crerj, Description, by the Edition or Sinrjle Volumt. Opera House ap4 Building (Up Stairs), COLUMBUS. FALL li 1IITEI WOOLENS. GEO. T. DUVALL, Merchant Tailor! 157 UOlTlt HIGH ST. . EORGE W. LEASON, Bookseller, Stationer & Newsdealer, 60 SOUTH HIGH ST., (Opposlto Hlille Hoiihk) VALENTINES I By the Piboe, DnzisN or Guoss. An Em-oast VuiBrv, from One Cent tj Four Dollars each. The chI BLANK BOOKS. ' The hi'fcl WKI'JHKU PAPER. The bent kinds or INK. The bt't MUCILAGE. The hest GOLD PKNN. The hvsi H;vorj lliiiiK,H(lhe lowvfit prices. flpp"n (iinlp lliIi, I'oiirE uud 4'Iiiiii1 Sin. . M, lOMLT. A, W, PRANTIBCO. COMLY & FRANCISCO, rmi.ii;iii:r.H and riinpiueTOKB. A. W. KKANC1KCO, General Manager. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. Feb. 13. Senate A large number of petitions and memorials were presented and reported oo. ....Bill introduced: To promote the deposit of savinpa in the popular loan and to provide for funding the National debt into home bonds Hills passed : For the Bale of Nf w York lands in Kansas, and for holding a United States district court at burlington, Iowa The Silver bill was then discussed itnt.il adjournment. llouic The House, in committee of the Whole, considered the Military Academy Appropriation bill, and in the discussion thereon, the debute took a wide range, including a history of the Electoral Commis sion, and statements as to certaiu pledjrea that were claimed to hive been made while that matter was pending in Congress. No definite action was taken ou the bill. Ueneral AMneinbly. Feb, 13. Scnac Bills passed: Authorizing Green township, Trumbull county, to construct a bcuooi nonae anu town um reorganizing the Cincinnati fire department; abolishing the Board of State Chanties; reorganizing the Penitentiary. .....Bills introduced: L'-calizioer the sales of land where there are informalities in advertising the Barae; providing lor tho disposition ot unclaimed diviueudsajid deposits in bank. Home Bill passed : Making partial appropriations ".The bill to repeal the Com- nnlaorv Kiucatinn law was indefinitely postponed Bills introduced: Creating special school districts in Darke and Hocking counties; authorizing Pomeroy to Bell lands; allowing Mansfield to issue bonds for water works purposes; relieving me assignees of sub-contractors for work on the Ham ilton county infirmary; providing for p tying treasurers of boards of education in cities of the second class; providing for selling bonds by ouster commissioner where the sheriff is Qisquauiieu; relating to trie tuny ui executions; authorizing Clark county to vote on tne proposition to erect county uuimmgsj reinilatintr the practice of dentistry: allow ing B-itler county to issue water works bonds; including Hamilton, Butler county, in the nrivileej of tho law authorizing cer tain cities to expand money raised by bridge tax. .Indications for Tennessee and the Ohio Valley Wurmer, eloudjt rainy weather, easterly winds and falling b tromcter. Gold closed in New York yesterday at 102. The volumnioua report of the debate in the National House of Representatives yesterday, must bs read to bs appreciated, It can not be sketched with any remarka ble degree of satisfaction. Practically it was of scarcely any consequence, but nevertheless it makts interesting reading. Mr. Hewitt was the principal figure, and found himself in a hornets' nent Mr. Aiken (Datnocral), of South Carolina, being the bead hornet. He stung Mr. Hewitt with the accusation that he had sold the Presidency, and paraded his own (Aiken's) military record, sarcastically stating that he bad not met Ihe gentleman from New York in the fray. The debate was intensely personal, but not profitable, litiiiAtnjc Evidence lu tho Metiop-tlts InvNtlniImi. Philadelphia, Feb. 13. In the investigation into the caute of the loss of the Metropolis, lo-day, several witnesses testified to having heard the Captain eay after the wreck, that he had been told by Mr. Jjunt, oue of the owners, that if he had any accideut not to make any half way business of it. If be made a wreck of the ship, he should make it a good one. This testimony is corroborative of that hereiofore given by Paul J. White and A. Newton. Captain Ankers will probably be examined to-morrow. The examiners of the Bank of North America, of New York, severely criticise the directors for neglect of duty in mak ing me propei examinations. m3 r? BY TELEGRAPH TO THJB OHIO STATE JOVBSAl WASHINGTON. Doctoring the Military Academy Appropriation Bill. The Democratic Pretense of Economy in Cutting Down the Army. A Family Fight Among Democratic Members. Hewitt's Record in the Elec toral Count Overhauled. Sharp Passages Between Hewitt and Aiken of South Carolina. The Adjournment of tlio Dis pute to Bladensburg Suggested. IlewHi Acimel of SelHug Out 'iue I'rfHlmHicy, And Rehearses Published Accounts in Explanation. Charles Foster Cornea to Ihe Front with His Version. THE TAItlFF BILL. Washington, Feb. 13 The commit tee on Ways and Mean to-day concluded the consideration of achedule D of the Tariff bill relating to wines and liquors. lo morrow the committee will take up the iron schedule. THE LOAN BILL. The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Ingalls to promote the deposit of Havings in circular loan, etc., is a copy of the bill introduced by Mr. 1'hilhps in the House on the IM inst. TUB WRECKED METROPOLIS. Can tain Merryumn, of the revenue ma rine Bervice, having heen ordered by the Secretary of the Trennury to investigate the wreck of the Metropolis, reports that the fragments of the wreck are unusually amall and her rotleuueoM oo apparent that there w;ib but one opinion as lo her unseaworthiness.XLVIll l'oK''HW FlrHt HunmIom. SKNaTE. Mr. Kernau presented the memorial of the New York Board of Trade and Transporta tion, sigued by the onicers (hereof, and a large number of business members of that organization, remonstrating aainBt the patsageot the Oliver Dill and setting lurtn tho inconvenience of silver in commercial transactions. Laid on the table. Mr. Hamlin, from tho committee on For eign Relations, reported adversely on a portion of certain citizens of New York asking for an appropriation from the Chinese indemnity fund to aid persona in certain provinces of China now Buttering on account of famine. He said the committee was unanimously of the opinion that it was utterly impossible to get any relief to the sufferers and beside any attempt to devote the Chinese indemnity fund to '.hat purpose w'ould lead to discussion. Air. Sargent reported, with amendments, the Senate bill to authorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic seas, known as the Howgate bill. Placed ou the calendar. Mr. Ingall3 introduced a bill to promote the deposit of savincrs in the popular loan and to provide for the funding of the na tional debt mtonome bunas, convert. uieuuo currency, Keferred to tue committee on fi nance. Mr. Maxev. from the committee on Mili tary Affairs, reported back tha resolution submitted Borne days ago by Mr.Thurman, in regard to increasing tho annual appropriation fur the army and equipping the militia of t'.ie several State:, and the payment of certain war claims due Ohio. He eaid the bill to increase tho appropriation is now before the Senate, and the war claim of tJhio should be considered by the committee on Claims. Agreed to. hills p-ssed: Providing for the sale of the New York lands in Kansas aud for holding United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa at Burlington. Mr. Morrill of Vermont called up the House joint resolution dt daring that a reduction of tax on distilled spirits is inexpedient, which was discussed until the expiration of the morning hour and then laid aside, and the Senate resumed consideration of the Silver bill. Mr. Merriraon Bpoke in fivor thereof. Mr. Saunders snnnorted the bill and finid h'i was opposed to all amendments and would vote for it just as it came from the House. Mr. Allison, in charge of the Silver bill. asked that it be underdtood by unanimous consent that Friday next the Senate would continue in session until the pending bill and all its amendments should be disposed nf. After debate, it was understood by unanimous consent that the vote should be taken Friday next. Mr. Dawes arirtied that the bill demonoti. ing silver was thoroughly examined and discussed. He denied that the demonetization of silver was smuggled through Congress. No measure durine the las; twenty years hid been so spread before the public and eo deliberately examined. Mr. Voorhees said he kuew the ingenuity of the Senator from Massachusetts (Dawes from long years of service with him in the House ot representatives, nut ne voorhees". reiterated every word of his remarks of a few days ago to the effect that when the Bilver dt liar whs withdrawn from circulation, no sound of warning was given to the American neoole. Mr. Maxey said on the 9th of April, 1876, in this senate, John btiertnm, tnen tvn-ur- man of the committee on finance, in re sponse to a question from him (Maxey) Baid no law had been passed demonetizing silver. That was three years after tho passage of the bill. Mr. Jones of Nevada then took the floor with the understanding that he would proceed with his remarks to-morrow. Adjourned. HOUBK. Mr. Rice of Ohio, Chairman, reported the hill crrantintf nenBions on account or wounds, etc., contracted in the service of the United States since March 4, 1801; for the payment ot arrears ot pensions, and tor tne restoration to the rolls of the names of invalid pen sioners stricken therefrom on account of disloyalty. Referred to the committee of the Whole, and made the special order for this day two weeks. The House then went into committee of the Whole (Blackburn in the chair) on the Military Academy Appropriation bill, the pending amendment being to Btrikeoutthe section prohibiting tne appointment oi civilians to the rank of second lieutenant when no more vacancies occur than can be filled by the next graduating class of the j Mr. White offered an amendment provid- Academy, ing that nothing in the bill should prevent the appointment for or commission in the army of meritorious non-commissioned oflicers or privates. Adopted. Tho motion to strike out was then defeated. The section which provides that when a cadet has once matriculated at WAat Point, no other appointment from the same Congressional district shall be made during the term for which such cadet was appointed, if a vacancy should occur from any cause other than death or physical disability, was stricken out. Mr. Clymer offered an amendment providing only such number of graduates of the Military Academy in any one year shall be entitled to appointment as second lieutenant unless required to fill vacancies of that grade existing July 1, each year, those entitled to such appointments to be determined on a basis of the standing of the graduating etnas, and hereafter no supernumerary officers shall be attached to any corps of the army, and all graduates of the Academy not attached to the array, under the provisions of this act, shall be discharged in graduation from the Academy. Mr. Southard, iu supporting Mr. Clymer's amendment, referred to the evil of a large standing army. It was the history of the world that standing armies sapped the liberties of the people. This country had Been an instance of tyranny and oppression of a standing army. Notably, in the last Presidential election. Ten thousand men would be sufficient to protect our border, while Congress had kept an Hrmy of 25,000 all theBe years for the purpose of harassing the people aud for the purpose of overriding constitutional privileges. Mr. Conger said he did not know why his friends on the other side were bound on destroying the army and kept nibbling at it on all occasions. He bad often asked what the hidden motive was, but no man had answered him, but sheltered themselves behind the beautiful cries of economy. His friend from Ohio(Souih trd) had let out the secret a little way, and said it wns because the army had been used in the South in the Presidential elections. Under a pretense of economy, the Democratic party were cutting down tliB army. Mr. Hale reiterated tne charge miae ny Mr. Conger, that the Democratic party was determined to cut dawn the army. Mr. Atkins l Here is no audi motive, it a false assumption on the part of the gentleman from Michigan that there is a hidden motive on his side of the House to destroy the army. Mr. Hale said he had listened day by day to the speeches leading in that direction. That' was certainly the current of things. The Gentleman from Ohio (Southard! had ob jected to the army because it had been used in tne aoutn. inose troops uau ueen wuu-drawn in a measure of reconciliation and he answer to that measure or reconciliation was that the knife was put into the army. Mr. Chalmers sid he had hoped that tne war was over, no re leved tuiswasaoiiy of reconciliation. He believed the Government could afford to do justice to its citizens on bDlh sides in the firm conviction that bato sides were welded together in the strong bond of union. Gentlemen on the one side had come back to the Union bearing in their hearts no malice, no lingering fceliog of ill will to the gallant gentltmeu whom they met on the field of b ittle. He saw those trallant men before, behind and b round him. The men who had fought on the Southern side were not jealous of the wreailn of fame which were worn ny those gentlemen who had fo ight on the other side, but he did not grieve about that. Gentlemen on his side did not have the slightest feeling toward the Union. Mr. Conner, amid couiinuous laughter on the Democratic sidf, staled at, some length that the real motive which the Democrats had iu cutting down the army wa3 in order that when it got the appointing rower, the army might be filled with old officers, who had left tho army for reasons of their own. Mr. Hewitt of Now York sent to the Clerk's desk and had read tho remarks he had made h st Monday in iegird to the selling of West Point and the charge which had been made against him by Mr. House of Tennessee, that he had slandered the people of tho South. He had felt deeply prieved at the language of that gentleman. If there was anything in tne language wuicn ne nao used which could bo coustrued into any slandering of the Representatives of the Southern States, he would take it back, but he insisted that his motive was to deteod the Representatives from the slander which uaa neen tmereu agmuti muir guuu muib uy the gentleman from South Carolina (Aiken) when ho declared that West Point was an ncubtis on the country. Mr. House replied to Mr. Hewitt, that if the gentleman intended no reflection ou the Southern Represenlativs,he was glad to hear it. Tho remark which he had mada had been based on his understanding of the gentleman's remark. If he had miaundtTiitood him, then justice impelled him to say he should not have made the reply he had made. He had understood it, however, as a reflection ou every Southern member as a statement that the remark that ihe gentleman from t-onth Carolina ( Aiken) had been nspired by Southern hostility to west i'liint. hecause. throutrh the skill aud prowess of West Point, South Carolina and other Southern States had been whipped back into tho Union. He thought that Southern Representatives should bo permitted to discuss questions of public policy without having tne lact mat iney nau participant! m mu rebellion flung offensively into their faces. They had fought like men, and had since surrendered like men. He did not deny his love for his section and for its people. The man who did not ove the snot where his mother rocked his cradle, was unworthy of any country. Applause. J r Messrs. new it. i or new iorK anu aibvu addreBSPd the Chair in themidAof confu sion and excitement. Mr. Fort suircested that public business should be proceeded with. Air. lownsenu or new i urn vcacucui v ) A Southern man ( House has just had time eiven him. why not give a Northern man (Hewitt) time V Laugter and applause. Mr. AtKins suggesiea mure whb iju iiucch-fiiiv far an much excitement. Mr. Durham demanded tne regular oraer ot business, but the call was only laughed at on both sides of the House, and without any diminution of the ex.itement and confu sion. Mr. Hewitt again got the floor. He said he was glad to hear what had fallen from the II pi of tho Beutlemau from Tennessee (House). The remttrk of his, to which that geutleman had taken exception, was that llie genueiuan irora ooiim utirunuu ameu; would vote for the abolition and sale of Wst Point. He (Hewitt) did not believe that there was another member from the Southern States who would give his absent to that propasition, and hence in repudiating that declaration, as he had felt bound to re- nudiate it as a Democrat, whose motives miftht he called in question, he had express ly limited Ms assertion 10 iue oiaie irora which that eentleman (Aiken) came. He had expected to hear from other members of that State, whether they assented to the proposition of their colleague. There had been no intention on iiia part to include any other rortion of the South, tie itnew mat tuey wpre tn-dav 2as loyal and true to the Union as any one in the country, li wm far ilifttTpason that he had devoted two years of his life to have the constitutional rights nf tha South recognized and the atronir arm of military power withdrawn irora the Moutn. n.t mauer wui luigui. havB boen the result of the struggle bis part of the country would bear him witnass that it was due to it that the military power did not to-day dominate in Louisiana and South Carolina. If the final hour of that terrific scene, iu which his party and his country had been robbed of their rights, assurances had not been given that that military domi-naiion should cgabp. ho hadreiBonto know that tho electoral count never would have been completed within the halls of Congress. What would the Union be without fruedum to the States, and without freedom to indi viduals? That had been secured. He confessed when he heard said he was a slanderer of Southern Representatives his blood had bailed, and it had taken twentyfour hours to get it nacK into a calmer anu cooler condition. fLaughter.1 Conger made a persistent enort to put a question to Mr. Hewitt, but his effort was met with shouts of "order, order," from the Democratic side of the Honse, and after some time Aiken obtained the floor and spokB as follows: It has been directly asserted here, without any qualification, that I had said I wouid vote to have West Point put to the block. That gentleman (Hewitt) knows as wells I do that he miirht as well take a single phrase out of any chapter of the bible to prove auy doctrine, as to maice such an assertion as he did from what I said. I made an argument in favor of economy, which argument he could not answer. I proved my argument by figures and facts, showing a lack of economy in the administration of West Point. I felt it my duty to say what I did, and he could sot answer it and could not rebut it, but the gentleman (Hewitt) gets up here, proving that he b what the gentleman from Tennessee (House) asserted that be was. Loud laugh-ter.l I have nothing to say against Wen Point if properly conducted. I know that West Point bos made a record for itself. I have only to point to men like Jefferson Davis, Robert K. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Joe Johnston, Sidney Johnston, Oenerats Bragg, Hardee, and a whole host of others from West Point, and I know that my Union friends canon their Bide point to aline of noble, callant spirits, who came from .West Point aod fought on the other side. I honor them. 1 know their worth, l met them and measured steel with them, and I never saw him (meaning Hewitt) there. Loud laughter and great excitement. Mr. Chairman, West Point has produced great men. Their names will live on both sides of the Potomac as long as this people are free, but West Point has never produced an Esau. It has never produced a Benedict Arnold. Excitement It has never produced a man who put up the Presidency and sold it. Continued laughter and excitement I hope the gentleman from New York has intellect to appreciate what I mean. Mr. Chairman, I was not educated et WeBt Point, but I wns educated in a school where there was a well organized militia, and where our alma mater taught us to shed our bloud in defense of the State when she called upon us. I responded to the ct 11. I did not do us soma men here did, stay at home and pay a substitute to go and help to defend my country. Laughter. Iam no graduate of Wtst Point, but I am from a State which , has fhown from its past conduct that in war, i it is the bravest of enemies and that in peace, it is the best of friends. I am bold to ! defend my State. Nothing connected with j the record of the past has ever smirched her j record, and God grant that I may always be ; what 1 believe I have been in the past, a 1 worthy sou of such a State. Applause. Mr. Fort In view of the harmony exist-; ing oi the Democratic side, I demand the: regular order of business. Laughter and j cries of 'no," "no," "no." After some time, and in the midst of increasing excitement, Mr. Hewitt ngain! got the floor and stid: Mr. Chairman, I have received hard hits in my time and have learned to take them, and uow I propose only to say this, there were brave men before Agamemnon; there were brave men before the member from South Carolina (Aiken), but I have never known of any brave men coming home from war nnd boasting of their deeds and valor. A brave man leaves that to the historian, and to that record! consign the gentleman from South Carolina; and now 1 request the Clerk to read the language of the gentleman to which I replied the other day. Tho extract having been read, Mr. Hewitt eontiuued : The gentleman insinuates that somebody sold the Presidency. No Northern nin sold out the Presidency. The proposition to Bell the Presidency was mane to mo and I contemptuously refuse! it. Excitement and shouts of ''name, name." Mr. Ellsworth I want to know who it wns that propoHed to the gentleman to Btll out the Presidency? Mr. Hewitt If the House desires to have that portion of the unwritten history told I will tell it. Cries of "Let us have it all" and great excitemeut Mr. Hewitt, after order being somewhat restored, proceeded to recount the facts connected with the proposition made to him by Colonel Pickett, us coming from J. H. Maddux, special agent of the Treasury Department, to pay J. Madison Wells, Chairman of ihe ReturniLg Beard of Louisiana, for giv-iiitr the count of that State to Mr. Tildeo, testified before the committee of the House last session. Mr. Ellsworth interrupted tne narrative. and wanted to ask Mr. Hewitt a question, but Mr. Hewitt decline! to be catechised any urther, saving that he was already anjwer- iui? a nutstion. "And now, said he, in conclusion, "l nak the gentleman from South Carolina (Aikcu) to tell me by what riyht he turns upon me and accupes me ot selling iktt Presidency ? ' Mr. Aiken The gentleman trora ftow i York has been off the track entirely on which I was traveling. He has Bimply been J giving us nero punnsueu testimony, wuicn anybody might havo read for himself. I alluded to the speech which he made on this flour iu which he said, or in which the newspapers reported him as having said, that as far as the gift of tho Presidency waB concerned, he would rather give up the Presidency than see one drop of blood spilled in defense ot the uemocratic party, i got, tuai from the newspapers. 1 believed it then 1 believe it yet. Laughter. Mr. Hewitt It seems that on a mere newspaper paragraph this immaculate and honorable gentleman from South Carolina (Aiken) infers that a brother Democrat had sold the Presidency. He will be surprised to know that no such words ever fell from my lips on the floor of this House or anywhere else, and that when I saw it going the rounds of the newspapers, it was one ot the very few calumnies that I contradicted over my own name. Mr. Ataen i am ciaa 10 near it. Mr. Hewitt he says he is clad to hear it. If he had such a sentiment in his heart, and f he had had that high feeling ot honor which should govern a South Caroliauian, ho would, before making that charge on this lloor, have come to me and asked how much irutn mere wns m it. i went my iitjurt upon my sleeve and there is nothing which I have done trjm the beginning to the end of that business, which 1 am not ready to proclaim and have published. Mr. Luttreii suggesteu to Messrs. Hewitt and Aiken that it was only eight miles to liitidfnsbiirtrn. the tamous dueling ground. and that although the roads were muddy, he thought they couia gei mere. Mr. Hewitt brtiBhed aside the intimation. and then said that he would answer the nuPBtiou as to what assurance had ben given for the withdrawal of the troops from Louisiana ana oomu Hronuu, unu on tuis point he Baid : "Afier the decision of the Electoral Tribunal in the Louisiana case had been announced, it became apparent to me, as it did to every intelligent person who studied the situation, that the final decision of the Electoral Commission would award the Presidency to Hayes. Of course 1 felt that it was a great grievance, but 1 felt that we had submitted that question to tho in bunal and that we were bound and con eluded by itB decision, and I told everybody that I Bhould vote to secure every decision of the Tribunal, no matter whu the conse q nonces might be, but I did not see any reason wny, oecause air. naves wns going into the Presidency, I "should ignore the fact that there was a large number of gentlemen in the House who did not look on the question as I did and they had told me that the count should never be completed. On that state ment l reuected and l said to myself, unless it is understood that the troops shall be withdrawn from Louisiana and South Carolina, civil war will surely break out, for the members from Louisiana nBSured me tliat their people would no longer submit to the military domination. I knew that i if they restated, other Southern States would bo in honor bound to help them, and 1 thought, if I coul 1 not have the Presidency Sived from the wreck, there was not any good reason why South Carolina and Louisiana Bhould not be saved from it. There upon, of my own motion, I went to my friend from Ohio ( Foster) and mode him pretty much the same remark that I now make. The reason why I went to him, was because he had made a speech on this floor, in which he declared what the President's policy wculd be, and he believed it, and I believed it. I said to that gentleman,"! fear there will be trouble unless you can Batisfy these Southern eentlemen that the policy which you have declared to be the policy of the incoming administration win oeauuerea to. He said to me. "What can I dj?" I Baid. "I do not know; it is not my business, but I tell you the facts." He said, "I will see about it;" and subsequently, i thins: the next dav. he came to me and showed me a letter signed by Mr. Hayes, which letter has since been published, i read it. ne saia, "Will that be satisfactory?" I said. "Mr. Foster, it is not me whom you have to satisfy. It is other gentlemen." To me it would not be satisfactory, but you must go to them and satisfy them that this policy will oecar-ried out." That was the last interview which I had with Mr. Foster on the sabiect. What fol lowed came to me from other persons. I had no part in a bareain. It it was made. I know nothing of its terms, bat was told on the day that the Vermont return had been put through the joint Convention, that these gentlemen from South Carolina were satisfied, and that there could be no good reason why the count should not proceed. I do not know how they were satisfied. I have never een any member from Louisiana about it. i only know that they told me they were satisfied, and on that, so far as I had any fluence, I exerted it for the completion of the count. I did it in the interest ot peace, I did it in the interest of my country. I be lieve that I did then the wisest and best act of my life, so far as I had any connection with matters. If other men made improper bireains. I know nothing of them. Have I answered the gentleman's (Ellsworth's) question to his satis action f Mr. Ellsworth made no response, but Mr. Conger again manifested a very eager desiro to put a question to Mr. Hewitt, an oppor tunity which neither Mr. Hewitt, the chair man, or the committee seemed inclined to give him. Mr. Durham liavinpr cuarge ot una mil floud 1 in d liter and shouts of "what bill?"l I am not talking about politics; Iam talking about business, i am taming anotit tne aiu itarv Acadsmr bill, not the Electoral bill i move that the committee rise for the purpose of closing the debate ou this amend-. ment. The committee, oy a vote oi izu id 46, determined to rise. After several motions to adiourn had been voted down, Mr. Durham moved that when the House next go into committee of the W hole, debue should close in one minute. After some confusion and delay, the House again went into committee ot the Whole, debate on the bill to close in one hour. Mr. Conner desired to call the attention of the gentleman trom JNew lone (Hewitt) to some of the extraordinary statements he had made and to what seemed to mm a very un satisfactory reply to questions asked him. If he understood the gentleman right, he had said in his place on the floor that the Presi dency w&BBoid out, hue mat no iNorinern man sold it. The gentleman said that the Presidency had been sold out. Mr. Hewitt arose to reply.-Mr. Conger I don't yield. Mr. Hewitt I will not allow any gentle man to put words into my mouth. Mr. Conger assured him that he was trying to keep words out of the gentleman's mouth. Laughter. J he language which '.ne gentleman had used, was that no Northern man had sold out the Presidency, intimating that a Southern man bad. He had made no re ply as to that There was another proposition to which he had made no reply. The gentleman had eaid that a proposition had neen made to nun to sen out wnai r me Presidency? not to buy. When the House and country had been eager and anxious to learn these new developments aooui the gentleman's selling out, the gentleman has come forward nnd quoted from the reports which had been printed for months. The gentleman hd stated that a proposition had been made to him to sell the J'resiuency, not to buy it. Was that a satisfactory answer to give to a charge made by the gentleman from South Carolina that he (Hewitt) naa Bold out r Was it an answer to tell the House that he had a proposition to buy the Presidency, which he had not accepted? Ho asked the gentleman to follow up his remarks and tell who had made the proposition to him to sell the Presidency. Mr. Hewitt Wobody. Mr. Conger I don't yield. Laughter. Mr. Hewitt I want to answer you as you eo a Ion or. Mr. Conger continuing, said that Mr. Hewitt had stated that assurance had been made to him that the troops would bo with drawn if the Commusion work could go on, and he had shown tho general letter of Mr. Haves, stating his view. Did tho gentle man think that that statement would satisfy the country when he had made the assur ance that such a proposition had been made to him? Laughter Mr. Finlev said in his opinion tho time of tho House had been spent more foolishly to-1 day than any day this session. Tho gentle- ! man from New York (Hewitt) had stated j that the proposition had been mtde to him by J. Madison welts, to Ben out tne residency. He ( Finley j desired to add that that hoary-headed old rascal and his fellow conspirators had been indicted in Louisiana, and that one of them had been convicted, and yet, to-dy, members of Congress, of tho House and Senate, and members of the Cabinet were sending to this convicted criminal letters of condolence. Not only that, but if the papers spoke truly, there was even now serious discussion in the Cabinet over the proposition of sending the army. Mr. Townsend of New York They should not have been taken away into Louisiana to wrest from the hands of the law the convicted criminal. Mr. Hanna rose to discuss the Academy bill, but was interrupted with laughter and cries of "That is not the subject we are on." He, however, persevered in his purpose, saying that the Democrats from the South and Republicans from the North dd not care two cents about Samuel J. Tilden. Laughter.!Mr. Foster stid that he had not heard the opening remarks of the geutleman from N ew York (Hewitt), but in the remainder of his statement there was really nothing which bad not been published to the world time aud time again, unless it was the statement that he bad reason to believe that bo me bargain had been made with some Louisiana gentleman. There had been no bar gain made so tar as he (Foster) was concerned, he never knew of any. For himself, he confessed that ho had felt the greatest solicitude at the condition of the coun try. He had desired a peaceful solution of the electoral count here. The question of peace or strife had been invaded. He had thoueht then that he knew what Governor Hayes's feelings were on the question of local self governmont. He had made public a proclamation of that ia his place on the floor, and Governor Hayes had thanked him for making it, and that it was the letter to which so much reference bad been made. He did not know that at that time the gen tleman from New York (Hewitt) was playing any important part in that case until after he had come to him (Foster) to inquire something about it. He (Foster) had labor ed simply for a peicetul execution ot tho electoral mil, without exacting any .promises, without making any promises, except stating what he had believed would bo the policy of President Hayes. No one thing was done anywhere, or in any other place, and he defied mortal man to bring evidence to that effect, that obliged any body to do anything in consideration ot anything being done by the other side. Mr. Ellis of Louisiana, who had been out of the Hall during the discussion, aud who uaa eviaenuy neen in informed or tue purport of Mr. Hewitt's remarks about him. ob tained the floor, and assuming that Hewitt bad held himself and his colleagues responsi-b'e for the Presidential bargain, declared that the lip which uttered the assertion that Louisiana, or any Representative of Louisi ana, or any authorized agent of Louisiana, had ever bartered or souerht to barter, or en tertained a proposition to destrov nnv inter ests of the Democratic party, or the interests of the whole people of the Union in the elec tion of Samuel J. Tilden, lied in his heart and lied in his foul throat. He then went on to relate a conference at the Wormley Hotel, mentioning as the visitors on that occasion, himself, E. A, Burke, of Louisiana, and Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, on the Democratic side, and on the Republican side, Mr. Garfield, Mr. Foster, ex-Governor Den-nison, Stanley Matthews and Senator, now Secretary, Sherman. He declared that there was no bargain or talk of bargain. That the only matter which had transpired, wdB an interchange of views and that he and his friendB relied upon the assurance of Mr. Hayes's close friendB as to what were his views and sentiments in regard to Louisiana and bouth Carolina. They had bound him by no promise, by no pledge. The debate closed and the comparatively prosy business of the bill was resumed. Fur the hour or two that this personal and political skirmish lasted, the Bcenes in the house were of a highly excited character. The members on the Republican side seemed to enjoy keenly the internecine war on the opposite side of the Chamber, and were most eager in their encouragement of Aiken, Ellis, and other antagonists whom Hewitt had on hand, and Conger was constantly and ir-repressibly on his feet, seeking opportunities to send poisoned arrows into the enemy's camp. But with all the confusion and excitement of the scene, there was an entire absence of any dangerous element or bitter party feeling. It only Bsemed to be peculiarly relished nnd enjoyed as a pleasant contrast to the daily dullness of the sessions of the House. Mr. Clymer's amendment was agreed to, and the bill was reported to the House, but without final action the House adjourned. FOREIGN. Ollicial Publication of a Startling Iteport, That tha British Fleet has Passed the Dardanelles to the Sea of Marmora. The Porte Conlenis Ksell With a Simple Protest. Three Parties Formed iu the Sacred College. A Seiiled racket Found in 111 o Desk of the Pope Aildrossil to His Snccetsor. Boiler lliiit (be British Fleet tans Pa.Ncri the arilnnt'lieH. London, Feb. 13. The Advertiser publiahea the following in official form : We have reason to believe the fleet has passed the Dardanelles and is now in the Sea of Marmora. We understand Admiral Hornby was left full discretion as to the force he would take with him and in all probability a larger force has gone than was at first contemplated. We believe the Porte has contented itself with a formal protest. Tho llmiilllallnn or England. London, Feb. 13. Last niiilu's an nouncements in Parliament have not appreciably relieved the tension or di- Diinisned the excitement nere. The Pall Mall Gazette of yesterday afternoon expressed the expectation that the Government would seek permission to enter (he Dardanelles by means of a formal pledge that the fleet should have no other business before Constantinople except that declared in Lord Derby's statement ot Friday. Tbe i'all Mall Ua-zette considered this about as perilous and humiliating a position an was possible. It declared it to be the imperative duty of the Ministry to redeem the country from this position at any cost, and demanded such reconstruction of the Cabinet as would leave no doubt that it, like the country, is of one mind. The Times' Vienna dispatch says on this subject. What looked yesterday merely probable seems to-day pretty certain; namely, that the entry of tire British fleet into the Dardanelles has been a subject of negotiations ostensibly between the Britisu tiovernment and the rorte, but in reality through the Porte between En gland Russia. Ihe limes, in its leading editorial arti cle, says: "However desirable a compro mise may be, it can only be based upon the re establishment of some degree of mutual confider.ee, snd it is necessary to observe that it still depends upon Bussia to take the first steps necessary for this purpose. Turkinli News Ileum. Constantinople, Feb. 13. The ordi nary telegraphic routes have been restored.Hostilities are renewed in Thessaly. The Black Hea blockade i raised, and many shins are coing there for grain. The postal service via UJesea win be resumed. v Hmallpox and fever are increasing among the refugees. The distress is very great. The Emperor William of Ger many has subscribed hMOi) to the Inter national Refugee fund. It is believed the entry of the Uussians would not give rise to any serious trouble public opinion ou the subject having so changed. ine A-oie. Rome. Feb. 13 The Ambassadors of the Catholic powern have jointly intimat ed to Camerlengo that if some Cardinals, known for their uncompromising spirit, whom they named, were likely to obtain the shttragea of the Conclave the Am bassadors would be compelled to oppose their election. Camerlengo hail found in the rope's desk a sealed packet with in structions for delivering it into the hands of his successor. He also found 400,000 eendi, the destination of which probably ib designated in the rope's teBtament. Ihe rope's wealth altogether is said to amount to 120.000.000 lire, which is mostly in the hands of the Rothschilds at rariH. Koilmuiilnn All'rtlrn. Bucharest, Feb. 13. The Czarovitch is expected shortly on the way to St, Pe tersburg. Koumama is taking measures lor mobil izing all her able bodied men against con tingencies. Ihe Austrian subjects, re- Biding in Roumania have been summoned to report at the Austrian consulates in view of a possible Austrian mobilization. Many petitions against the retrocession of Bessarabia to Russia are reaching the government. Considerable Russian reinforcements are arriving at Jassy. The Divisions ami ('nnilliliiteg of Ibe Bucred college. Rome, Feb. 13. The Liberta states three parties have formed in the bacred College, namely, the irreconcilables, ail vocatea of compromise, and the advocates of the maintenance of Btatus quo. The first, led br Cardinal Manning, com mands about twelve votes; the second is said to have decided to support the elec tion of Cardinal Monetti, Archbishop of Ravenna; while the third, which is the most numerous party, is said to have selected Cardinal Lnigi di Caroasa, Arch bishop of Verona, as its candidate. Arrest or Socialists. Odessa, Feb. 13. A number of socialist propagandists were arrested Monday night. Two or three were wounded in 'he struggle with the police, Beveral of whom were also wouBded, Proposed ('nlllng Oat or the Militia. London, Feb. 13. A portion of the militia will Boon be called out and two corvettes, now in American waters, be ordered to join the Mediterranean equad-ron. The Anderson Case. New Orleans, Feb. 13. This morn ing, when the motion for a new trial in the Anderson case came up, the defense filed additional grounds : That the ac cused could prove by Littleiield that he never bad any connection whatever with the forgery and uttering of forged returns, to which fact Littlefield had already testified before the Congressional committee in Washington; that Littlefield, after a course of absence, had clandestinely re turned and bidden bimeell until alter the evidence had closed and argument opened, thereby depriving the accused of hiB testimony. The accused can also prove by Colonel Zicharie (Democrat), that he was not presant at the opening of the returns from Vernon parish; that the Democratic clerks often made errors in the returns, which could also have been made a crimi nal charge, nnd the incorrectness of the Returning Board proceedings by Collins, stenographer, were often referred to during the proceedings. The motion was conlinued till Friday. Heeling; or Silk Bfannfuclurers. New York, Feb. 13. A large meet ing of silk manufacturers wns held at the Chamber of Commerce to day. Several hundred manufacturers and dealers were represented. A resolution was adopted to memorialize Congress against the proposed imposition of ten per cent, duly upon all raw silk, cocoons and silk waste. J. A, Stearns, seth Low and V. r. Donohue are a committee appointed to visit Washington and preset the memo rial, A resolution to reduce the time of credit to six months was adopted and a committee appointed to confer with man- uiacturers as to a suitable time to give eflect to the resolution. Fatal Kallroad Collision. Pittsburo, Feb. 13. A collision oc curred about nine o'clock this morning, near Newport, on the New Castle branch of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad, The Erie express north collided with a freight train, wrecking both engines and several cars, Fred. Pflugh, engineer of the freight train, and Hill, hreman of the passenger train, were killed. Engineer Ramsey, of the passenger train, and a brakeman named Anderson, were injured, but not seriously. None of the passengers were injured. National Trotting Association. New York, Feb. 13. The seventh Congress of the National Association for the promotion of the interests of Ameri can trotting horses, began this afternoon. ine tracks enrolled as membere ot the Association and the number of delegates present are over sixty. rresident Charles W. Woolley, of Cin cinnati, called the Convention to order. Each Association is entitled to send three delegate?, but only entitled to one vote. Admitted to Hall, New York, Feb. 13 L. Cate, the con victed and sentenced President of the Security Life Insurance and Annuity company, but who has been granted a stay of proceedings, pending the argu ment ot bis case before the general term of Supreme Court, was admitted to bail to-day by Judge Donohue in So.OOU pending his appeal. The Judge said he was governed in this action by the de cision in tho Genet case. The Clermont Couuty Treasury Kobbery Case. Cincinnati, Feb. 12. The prelimina ry examination of Chales Demmitt. charg ed with jrobbicg the Treasury of Cler mont county of $24,(JUt), was concluded this evening at Batavia, Ohio, and Dem-mett held in $20,000 bail to answer before Ihe Court of Common Fleas, Bit. Vernon Matters. Mt. Vernon, Feb. 13. To the Editor of the Ohio State Journal : The "old and reliable correspondent'' of the Daily Dispatch for this place, in his eagerness to impress the new State Journal man with his overwhelming importance as a news gatherer, allowed his vanity to overstep that exact bound o' truthfulness which an "old and reg. cor." should ever strive to keep up to tho regu lar gauge. In his criticism of a recent communication published in the State Journal, he says "the crowning misrep resentation was, that no arrests were made. This is a slur on our efficient police that they do not deserve; Monagen was prompt ly arrested for assault and bound over in the Bum of $300, as Justice Ewing's docket shows." Now the exact facts are that Monagan was arrested by a warrant sworn out by George before Justice Parke, charging him with assault with intent to kill, anil served by Constable Wright. The police had nothing to do in making the arrest, and Justice Ewing's docket fails to show any Buch record as described by the "old and reliable" tertile imagination Our police are a good and efficient set of men, and no doubt are up to, or above the average; but when it is asserted that they had no knowledge of any gambling going on in the city, it is positively Billy, We are promised, at an early day, a grand concert by Professor Echart's orchestra, assisted by Miss Ada Johnston as vocalist. As Miss Johnston wan a former resident of Mt, Vernon, she will meet with a goodly welcome. Extensive preparations are being innde at Kenyon College to celebrate the 22d in a proper and patriotic manner. The music will be furnished by the Cadet band, and orations by li. 1). Ares and U, M. Pogue epqs. A special train will run from Mt. Vernon to Gambier and return for the accommodation of those wishing to attend. 1,1st of Patents. A weekly list of United States patents issued to the inventors of Ohio for the week ending January 20, 1878, and each patent in tbe list will bear that date : Mark L. Deering, Cleveland, machine for painting oarreis; jeptna liarrnru, Cincinnati, grain binders; Matthew Van Horner, Davton, dumping cars: Irwin Yost. Thorn- ville, corn hoppers; George A. Whitney, La-Grange, attachment for grindstones; Henrv h. It. Wolf, Dayton, paper dishes; W. A. U. B. Austin, Cubs, gates; William S. Bate?, Oincinnat, speed indicators; Daniel Brnbakcr, Alamh'eld, mill stone exhaust; John Burkholdcr. Cec treburg, wheat steaming apparatus; Daniel W, liazeltine, Couneaut, carriage tops; A. Noteman, Toledo, rotary pumps; M. V. Longworth and rAi M. Tannehill. Pelnhos. combined meat pounder and hasher; Thomas L. Mattocks and Judson Wise, Logan, insoles for boots and Bboes; David McUurdy, Ottawa, gates; John B. Nelscher, Mansfield, vinegar generators; William It. Porter, Doylestown, wagon couplings; William 0. Ross, Cincinnati, piston valves: Webster B. Wesb, Wilmington, cushions for vehicle springs. Trade mark James H. Pitt, Bel-laire, baking powder, DIED. Griffin At her residence, corner of Third and tioodale streets, Tuesday, 12th inst., at 11:20 a. m , Mrs. Esther W. Gairrix. . Funeral this afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the Church of the Good Shepherd, Russell street. Friends are invited to atttnd without further notice. It 0'Kan On Wednesday, February 13, at 2 p. m., Mrs. Oassib O'Kans, wife of Henry O'Kano. Funeral will take place from the Third Street M. E. Church, on Friday, at 2:30 p. m. FriendB are invited to attend. febH2t Oabhatt At the American Hotel. Tues day morning. Februarv U. 1878. of con gestion of the lungs, Mrs. Saiuh E .wile of nnrvey vasoaic. Funeral services from her father's lesi- dence, No. 688 East Friend street, Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock. Friends and ac quaintances respectfully invited. feb!3 2t Dibrlir On Tuesday morning. February 12, 1878, at 4 o'clock, Mrs. M&ii'i Louibh Dkshlkr, wife of the lae John G. Deshler. The funeral will take place from her late residence, at 2 o'clock p. m., Thursday, Feb ruary ii. oervices ny tue ttev, Lir. Willis Lord, nouowera. lebl3 2t Tuthbr At 4 o'clock p. m , Tuesday, February 12. If stubs Mr id. wife of Thomas Tnther, in the sixty-third year of her age. runerai irom tne ramuy residence, ooti North High street, Friday morning, at 10'A o'clock. FriendB and acquaiutances are invited to attend. feb!3 3t New Advertisements. JOHN" MAX HAS BEUOVID HIS Livory, Sale and Boarding Stables In the rear of Neil House, in building form erly occupiea by tne'lTansler Uo. febU Ira 1 24p 6 rand Trunk Railway Company of Canada Tenders for Steam Coal. TENDBUS ARB INVITED FOR THE following estimated quantities of Steam Coal required by this Oompany during tho present year, to be delivered as under, viz: At i'ortlund, about lt,u00 tons ot 2240 lbs. per ton, to be delivered in about equal monthly installments at the Company's wharf, duty paid and free of ail charges; deliveries to commence on 1st May neit, and to be completed on or before the 1st December. 1878. At International Bridc;e,Black Rock. about 40,000 tons net, and at Detroit Junction, about 7000 tons net, to be delivered by rail at both placcS,on board cars, in equal month ly installments, with treiput cnargea paid, between 1st April, 1878, and 1st April, 1879. The coal to be well screened over a screen of not less than one and a quarter inch meshes, nnd free from all extraneous sub stances. Parties tendering to designate the name or kind of coal they propose to deliver. Pay ments will be made in cash or by notes at short dates, beariog interest, within the month following that in which the coal is delivered. Tenders endorsed "Tenders for Steam Coal," for the above quantities or fractional parts thereof of not lfes than 6C00 tons, will oe received by tne undersigned ton or before Monday, the 4lh day of March, 1878. The Company do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender. JUSUfrl HiUKSUH, lieu'l Mnnager. Montreal, February U, 1878. febl4eod6t Public Male of Kenl JCstate lo the Highest ttiddir. IN PURSUANCE OP A DEED OF TRUST executed and delivered to the underHiuncd Trustees, by Benjamin E. Williams aud his wiih jyjiiry a. r. wiiiiams, we win sen 10 ine htghe&t bidder , at public auction, on Wednesday, March SO, 1M7S, tit 20 O'clock A. M., On the premise, the following depcriled real eatnto, to-wit: Bituate in the city ot Columbus, Ohio, &nd being that pnrt of outlot number Biscy-eifini as snia ouuot is design men on the oriuinnl plat of ttiid city ot Columbus, bounded as follows: bnginniog at the north-went corner of said outiot, at ft point in the south lino of lirond Htreet; thence easterly along said south line of Broad street one hundred and thirteen feet and five incites (1)3 ft., 6 in.), to the northwest corner of lot number one, as flaid lot number one is designated on the pint of the subii melon of outlots Nos t)8 and 6!) by David Morgan And Win, A. Gill, May 7. 1851. aud recorded in Ptat Book No. 1. naeo 22, in the office ot the Recorder of said county of Franklin; thence southerly along the went line of said lot number ono (1), one hundred ana eifciiiy-soven leex ana six inenes, to a point in the north line of East Public alley, as designated on said plat; thence westerly along said norm line oi base rutmc alley one hundred and thirteen foot and five inches (113 ft,, 6 in) to the west Una of said outlot No 68; thence northerly along said west line of Baid outlot No. C8. one hundred and eighty-seven feet and six incnes to tne point ot Deinuing. We will oiler said parcel of ground in two lot?, oflch fronting 66 feet 8 inches on Broad street, and extending back to the alley. Upon the east lot is a double brick dwelhnti house; on the west lot is a comfortable frame cottage. Terms of Bale One-third of the purchaBO money to be paid cash in hand on day of sale, the residue to he paiu in two equal payments, in one and two years respectively from dnv of sale, with interest, evidenced by tho purchaser's notes nnd secured by mortgage on the premises sold. AIho, on Ttanrsdaytlfarcb 21,1878, at 11 O'clock A. M,, On tho premises, the following described real estate, to-wit: Bittmie in tne county ot Liicii ing, In the State of Ohio, and in Kango lourteeu (14), township one (1) and section one (I) of the United States Military land, in Harrison township, fora erly known by the name ot the Bacchus section, beintr the whole of lot number twenty-nine (2D), and the cast half of lot number inirty-mne (auj.aa uesignnieti on a ritu ana survey of Baid section, recorded in the Recorder's office, in said Licking county, in Book li. page 30H; said lot '2'.i to contain eighty acres, and the said east nnu ot lot no. w to contain lorty acres. Terms of Sale The same as for the first described lots on Broad street. L. J. CRITCHFIRLD, LORENZO KNttbLsH. fcb!4 Trupteea. NOTICE TO THE PUBLfO-UPON THE urgent request of the citizen of Columbus, I have opened a permanent branch in this city for the Bale of my Patent Rusfian Pebble Hpeoiacles, which have received the highest. Award, Medal and Diploma at the Centennial Exposition. KEMBMBER THE blGHT 18 PRICELESS. It is therefore necessary that persona in want of Spectacles should go to a practical Optician nnd have them properly adapted to their vision. The Russian Pebblo Speetoclea are warranted to Btrenglhen nnd improve the sight, and should they ever fail in case of sicknesB.other glasses will he supplied tree of charge. J. DIAMOND. TUB OPTICIAN, U and 13 E State St. At Seltzer & Co.'s Music Store. Always on hand, a largo stock of Opera Glasses, Field (ilasos, Telescopes, Stero-scopes, Microflcopes.Mugio Lanterns, Barometers, Thermometers, Hydrometers, etc. Bold at low prices. Repairing done on the shortest notice. janiHHim 1 4p Y. BINDER'S KENTACttANT BILLIARD It O OMS WEST MAIN STREET, NEWAHK, O. All kinds of GAME In season, Imported WINES, LUtlXHtS and ( IHAllfj, declR cod 6m 1 i 4d GENTLEMEN, TH E BEST PLACE TO HAVE YOUR CLOTH-1NU bound, repaired, altored, newly lined, Bilk velvet collars and buttons cleaned, pressed and dyed, Is at No. UttNitnlhpVroniibetweeu Btato and Broad, in rear of Neil House.) JAMES WILLI A MM. iyMlyl4p

State ;r vol. xxxix. COLUMBUS, THUESDAY, FEBRUAKY 14, 1878. NO. 38. SIEBEHT k LILIil, BLANK BOOK MINIJFACTIIKERS. Pi- u ei , Ml nI ers, Ntulloners Hnd I.rfcal Blank 1'ubllBhera. BOOH. BINDING 01 crerj, Description, by the Edition or Sinrjle Volumt. Opera House ap4 Building (Up Stairs), COLUMBUS. FALL li 1IITEI WOOLENS. GEO. T. DUVALL, Merchant Tailor! 157 UOlTlt HIGH ST. . EORGE W. LEASON, Bookseller, Stationer & Newsdealer, 60 SOUTH HIGH ST., (Opposlto Hlille Hoiihk) VALENTINES I By the Piboe, DnzisN or Guoss. An Em-oast VuiBrv, from One Cent tj Four Dollars each. The chI BLANK BOOKS. ' The hi'fcl WKI'JHKU PAPER. The bent kinds or INK. The bt't MUCILAGE. The hest GOLD PKNN. The hvsi H;vorj lliiiiK,H(lhe lowvfit prices. flpp"n (iinlp lliIi, I'oiirE uud 4'Iiiiii1 Sin. . M, lOMLT. A, W, PRANTIBCO. COMLY & FRANCISCO, rmi.ii;iii:r.H and riinpiueTOKB. A. W. KKANC1KCO, General Manager. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. Feb. 13. Senate A large number of petitions and memorials were presented and reported oo. ....Bill introduced: To promote the deposit of savinpa in the popular loan and to provide for funding the National debt into home bonds Hills passed : For the Bale of Nf w York lands in Kansas, and for holding a United States district court at burlington, Iowa The Silver bill was then discussed itnt.il adjournment. llouic The House, in committee of the Whole, considered the Military Academy Appropriation bill, and in the discussion thereon, the debute took a wide range, including a history of the Electoral Commis sion, and statements as to certaiu pledjrea that were claimed to hive been made while that matter was pending in Congress. No definite action was taken ou the bill. Ueneral AMneinbly. Feb, 13. Scnac Bills passed: Authorizing Green township, Trumbull county, to construct a bcuooi nonae anu town um reorganizing the Cincinnati fire department; abolishing the Board of State Chanties; reorganizing the Penitentiary. .....Bills introduced: L'-calizioer the sales of land where there are informalities in advertising the Barae; providing lor tho disposition ot unclaimed diviueudsajid deposits in bank. Home Bill passed : Making partial appropriations ".The bill to repeal the Com- nnlaorv Kiucatinn law was indefinitely postponed Bills introduced: Creating special school districts in Darke and Hocking counties; authorizing Pomeroy to Bell lands; allowing Mansfield to issue bonds for water works purposes; relieving me assignees of sub-contractors for work on the Ham ilton county infirmary; providing for p tying treasurers of boards of education in cities of the second class; providing for selling bonds by ouster commissioner where the sheriff is Qisquauiieu; relating to trie tuny ui executions; authorizing Clark county to vote on tne proposition to erect county uuimmgsj reinilatintr the practice of dentistry: allow ing B-itler county to issue water works bonds; including Hamilton, Butler county, in the nrivileej of tho law authorizing cer tain cities to expand money raised by bridge tax. .Indications for Tennessee and the Ohio Valley Wurmer, eloudjt rainy weather, easterly winds and falling b tromcter. Gold closed in New York yesterday at 102. The volumnioua report of the debate in the National House of Representatives yesterday, must bs read to bs appreciated, It can not be sketched with any remarka ble degree of satisfaction. Practically it was of scarcely any consequence, but nevertheless it makts interesting reading. Mr. Hewitt was the principal figure, and found himself in a hornets' nent Mr. Aiken (Datnocral), of South Carolina, being the bead hornet. He stung Mr. Hewitt with the accusation that he had sold the Presidency, and paraded his own (Aiken's) military record, sarcastically stating that he bad not met Ihe gentleman from New York in the fray. The debate was intensely personal, but not profitable, litiiiAtnjc Evidence lu tho Metiop-tlts InvNtlniImi. Philadelphia, Feb. 13. In the investigation into the caute of the loss of the Metropolis, lo-day, several witnesses testified to having heard the Captain eay after the wreck, that he had been told by Mr. Jjunt, oue of the owners, that if he had any accideut not to make any half way business of it. If be made a wreck of the ship, he should make it a good one. This testimony is corroborative of that hereiofore given by Paul J. White and A. Newton. Captain Ankers will probably be examined to-morrow. The examiners of the Bank of North America, of New York, severely criticise the directors for neglect of duty in mak ing me propei examinations. m3 r? BY TELEGRAPH TO THJB OHIO STATE JOVBSAl WASHINGTON. Doctoring the Military Academy Appropriation Bill. The Democratic Pretense of Economy in Cutting Down the Army. A Family Fight Among Democratic Members. Hewitt's Record in the Elec toral Count Overhauled. Sharp Passages Between Hewitt and Aiken of South Carolina. The Adjournment of tlio Dis pute to Bladensburg Suggested. IlewHi Acimel of SelHug Out 'iue I'rfHlmHicy, And Rehearses Published Accounts in Explanation. Charles Foster Cornea to Ihe Front with His Version. THE TAItlFF BILL. Washington, Feb. 13 The commit tee on Ways and Mean to-day concluded the consideration of achedule D of the Tariff bill relating to wines and liquors. lo morrow the committee will take up the iron schedule. THE LOAN BILL. The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Ingalls to promote the deposit of Havings in circular loan, etc., is a copy of the bill introduced by Mr. 1'hilhps in the House on the IM inst. TUB WRECKED METROPOLIS. Can tain Merryumn, of the revenue ma rine Bervice, having heen ordered by the Secretary of the Trennury to investigate the wreck of the Metropolis, reports that the fragments of the wreck are unusually amall and her rotleuueoM oo apparent that there w;ib but one opinion as lo her unseaworthiness.XLVIll l'oK''HW FlrHt HunmIom. SKNaTE. Mr. Kernau presented the memorial of the New York Board of Trade and Transporta tion, sigued by the onicers (hereof, and a large number of business members of that organization, remonstrating aainBt the patsageot the Oliver Dill and setting lurtn tho inconvenience of silver in commercial transactions. Laid on the table. Mr. Hamlin, from tho committee on For eign Relations, reported adversely on a portion of certain citizens of New York asking for an appropriation from the Chinese indemnity fund to aid persona in certain provinces of China now Buttering on account of famine. He said the committee was unanimously of the opinion that it was utterly impossible to get any relief to the sufferers and beside any attempt to devote the Chinese indemnity fund to '.hat purpose w'ould lead to discussion. Air. Sargent reported, with amendments, the Senate bill to authorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic seas, known as the Howgate bill. Placed ou the calendar. Mr. Ingall3 introduced a bill to promote the deposit of savincrs in the popular loan and to provide for the funding of the na tional debt mtonome bunas, convert. uieuuo currency, Keferred to tue committee on fi nance. Mr. Maxev. from the committee on Mili tary Affairs, reported back tha resolution submitted Borne days ago by Mr.Thurman, in regard to increasing tho annual appropriation fur the army and equipping the militia of t'.ie several State:, and the payment of certain war claims due Ohio. He eaid the bill to increase tho appropriation is now before the Senate, and the war claim of tJhio should be considered by the committee on Claims. Agreed to. hills p-ssed: Providing for the sale of the New York lands in Kansas aud for holding United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa at Burlington. Mr. Morrill of Vermont called up the House joint resolution dt daring that a reduction of tax on distilled spirits is inexpedient, which was discussed until the expiration of the morning hour and then laid aside, and the Senate resumed consideration of the Silver bill. Mr. Merriraon Bpoke in fivor thereof. Mr. Saunders snnnorted the bill and finid h'i was opposed to all amendments and would vote for it just as it came from the House. Mr. Allison, in charge of the Silver bill. asked that it be underdtood by unanimous consent that Friday next the Senate would continue in session until the pending bill and all its amendments should be disposed nf. After debate, it was understood by unanimous consent that the vote should be taken Friday next. Mr. Dawes arirtied that the bill demonoti. ing silver was thoroughly examined and discussed. He denied that the demonetization of silver was smuggled through Congress. No measure durine the las; twenty years hid been so spread before the public and eo deliberately examined. Mr. Voorhees said he kuew the ingenuity of the Senator from Massachusetts (Dawes from long years of service with him in the House ot representatives, nut ne voorhees". reiterated every word of his remarks of a few days ago to the effect that when the Bilver dt liar whs withdrawn from circulation, no sound of warning was given to the American neoole. Mr. Maxey said on the 9th of April, 1876, in this senate, John btiertnm, tnen tvn-ur- man of the committee on finance, in re sponse to a question from him (Maxey) Baid no law had been passed demonetizing silver. That was three years after tho passage of the bill. Mr. Jones of Nevada then took the floor with the understanding that he would proceed with his remarks to-morrow. Adjourned. HOUBK. Mr. Rice of Ohio, Chairman, reported the hill crrantintf nenBions on account or wounds, etc., contracted in the service of the United States since March 4, 1801; for the payment ot arrears ot pensions, and tor tne restoration to the rolls of the names of invalid pen sioners stricken therefrom on account of disloyalty. Referred to the committee of the Whole, and made the special order for this day two weeks. The House then went into committee of the Whole (Blackburn in the chair) on the Military Academy Appropriation bill, the pending amendment being to Btrikeoutthe section prohibiting tne appointment oi civilians to the rank of second lieutenant when no more vacancies occur than can be filled by the next graduating class of the j Mr. White offered an amendment provid- Academy, ing that nothing in the bill should prevent the appointment for or commission in the army of meritorious non-commissioned oflicers or privates. Adopted. Tho motion to strike out was then defeated. The section which provides that when a cadet has once matriculated at WAat Point, no other appointment from the same Congressional district shall be made during the term for which such cadet was appointed, if a vacancy should occur from any cause other than death or physical disability, was stricken out. Mr. Clymer offered an amendment providing only such number of graduates of the Military Academy in any one year shall be entitled to appointment as second lieutenant unless required to fill vacancies of that grade existing July 1, each year, those entitled to such appointments to be determined on a basis of the standing of the graduating etnas, and hereafter no supernumerary officers shall be attached to any corps of the army, and all graduates of the Academy not attached to the array, under the provisions of this act, shall be discharged in graduation from the Academy. Mr. Southard, iu supporting Mr. Clymer's amendment, referred to the evil of a large standing army. It was the history of the world that standing armies sapped the liberties of the people. This country had Been an instance of tyranny and oppression of a standing army. Notably, in the last Presidential election. Ten thousand men would be sufficient to protect our border, while Congress had kept an Hrmy of 25,000 all theBe years for the purpose of harassing the people aud for the purpose of overriding constitutional privileges. Mr. Conger said he did not know why his friends on the other side were bound on destroying the army and kept nibbling at it on all occasions. He bad often asked what the hidden motive was, but no man had answered him, but sheltered themselves behind the beautiful cries of economy. His friend from Ohio(Souih trd) had let out the secret a little way, and said it wns because the army had been used in the South in the Presidential elections. Under a pretense of economy, the Democratic party were cutting down tliB army. Mr. Hale reiterated tne charge miae ny Mr. Conger, that the Democratic party was determined to cut dawn the army. Mr. Atkins l Here is no audi motive, it a false assumption on the part of the gentleman from Michigan that there is a hidden motive on his side of the House to destroy the army. Mr. Hale said he had listened day by day to the speeches leading in that direction. That' was certainly the current of things. The Gentleman from Ohio (Southard! had ob jected to the army because it had been used in tne aoutn. inose troops uau ueen wuu-drawn in a measure of reconciliation and he answer to that measure or reconciliation was that the knife was put into the army. Mr. Chalmers sid he had hoped that tne war was over, no re leved tuiswasaoiiy of reconciliation. He believed the Government could afford to do justice to its citizens on bDlh sides in the firm conviction that bato sides were welded together in the strong bond of union. Gentlemen on the one side had come back to the Union bearing in their hearts no malice, no lingering fceliog of ill will to the gallant gentltmeu whom they met on the field of b ittle. He saw those trallant men before, behind and b round him. The men who had fought on the Southern side were not jealous of the wreailn of fame which were worn ny those gentlemen who had fo ight on the other side, but he did not grieve about that. Gentlemen on his side did not have the slightest feeling toward the Union. Mr. Conner, amid couiinuous laughter on the Democratic sidf, staled at, some length that the real motive which the Democrats had iu cutting down the army wa3 in order that when it got the appointing rower, the army might be filled with old officers, who had left tho army for reasons of their own. Mr. Hewitt of Now York sent to the Clerk's desk and had read tho remarks he had made h st Monday in iegird to the selling of West Point and the charge which had been made against him by Mr. House of Tennessee, that he had slandered the people of tho South. He had felt deeply prieved at the language of that gentleman. If there was anything in tne language wuicn ne nao used which could bo coustrued into any slandering of the Representatives of the Southern States, he would take it back, but he insisted that his motive was to deteod the Representatives from the slander which uaa neen tmereu agmuti muir guuu muib uy the gentleman from South Carolina (Aiken) when ho declared that West Point was an ncubtis on the country. Mr. House replied to Mr. Hewitt, that if the gentleman intended no reflection ou the Southern Represenlativs,he was glad to hear it. Tho remark which he had mada had been based on his understanding of the gentleman's remark. If he had miaundtTiitood him, then justice impelled him to say he should not have made the reply he had made. He had understood it, however, as a reflection ou every Southern member as a statement that the remark that ihe gentleman from t-onth Carolina ( Aiken) had been nspired by Southern hostility to west i'liint. hecause. throutrh the skill aud prowess of West Point, South Carolina and other Southern States had been whipped back into tho Union. He thought that Southern Representatives should bo permitted to discuss questions of public policy without having tne lact mat iney nau participant! m mu rebellion flung offensively into their faces. They had fought like men, and had since surrendered like men. He did not deny his love for his section and for its people. The man who did not ove the snot where his mother rocked his cradle, was unworthy of any country. Applause. J r Messrs. new it. i or new iorK anu aibvu addreBSPd the Chair in themidAof confu sion and excitement. Mr. Fort suircested that public business should be proceeded with. Air. lownsenu or new i urn vcacucui v ) A Southern man ( House has just had time eiven him. why not give a Northern man (Hewitt) time V Laugter and applause. Mr. AtKins suggesiea mure whb iju iiucch-fiiiv far an much excitement. Mr. Durham demanded tne regular oraer ot business, but the call was only laughed at on both sides of the House, and without any diminution of the ex.itement and confu sion. Mr. Hewitt again got the floor. He said he was glad to hear what had fallen from the II pi of tho Beutlemau from Tennessee (House). The remttrk of his, to which that geutleman had taken exception, was that llie genueiuan irora ooiim utirunuu ameu; would vote for the abolition and sale of Wst Point. He (Hewitt) did not believe that there was another member from the Southern States who would give his absent to that propasition, and hence in repudiating that declaration, as he had felt bound to re- nudiate it as a Democrat, whose motives miftht he called in question, he had express ly limited Ms assertion 10 iue oiaie irora which that eentleman (Aiken) came. He had expected to hear from other members of that State, whether they assented to the proposition of their colleague. There had been no intention on iiia part to include any other rortion of the South, tie itnew mat tuey wpre tn-dav 2as loyal and true to the Union as any one in the country, li wm far ilifttTpason that he had devoted two years of his life to have the constitutional rights nf tha South recognized and the atronir arm of military power withdrawn irora the Moutn. n.t mauer wui luigui. havB boen the result of the struggle bis part of the country would bear him witnass that it was due to it that the military power did not to-day dominate in Louisiana and South Carolina. If the final hour of that terrific scene, iu which his party and his country had been robbed of their rights, assurances had not been given that that military domi-naiion should cgabp. ho hadreiBonto know that tho electoral count never would have been completed within the halls of Congress. What would the Union be without fruedum to the States, and without freedom to indi viduals? That had been secured. He confessed when he heard said he was a slanderer of Southern Representatives his blood had bailed, and it had taken twentyfour hours to get it nacK into a calmer anu cooler condition. fLaughter.1 Conger made a persistent enort to put a question to Mr. Hewitt, but his effort was met with shouts of "order, order," from the Democratic side of the Honse, and after some time Aiken obtained the floor and spokB as follows: It has been directly asserted here, without any qualification, that I had said I wouid vote to have West Point put to the block. That gentleman (Hewitt) knows as wells I do that he miirht as well take a single phrase out of any chapter of the bible to prove auy doctrine, as to maice such an assertion as he did from what I said. I made an argument in favor of economy, which argument he could not answer. I proved my argument by figures and facts, showing a lack of economy in the administration of West Point. I felt it my duty to say what I did, and he could sot answer it and could not rebut it, but the gentleman (Hewitt) gets up here, proving that he b what the gentleman from Tennessee (House) asserted that be was. Loud laugh-ter.l I have nothing to say against Wen Point if properly conducted. I know that West Point bos made a record for itself. I have only to point to men like Jefferson Davis, Robert K. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Joe Johnston, Sidney Johnston, Oenerats Bragg, Hardee, and a whole host of others from West Point, and I know that my Union friends canon their Bide point to aline of noble, callant spirits, who came from .West Point aod fought on the other side. I honor them. 1 know their worth, l met them and measured steel with them, and I never saw him (meaning Hewitt) there. Loud laughter and great excitement. Mr. Chairman, West Point has produced great men. Their names will live on both sides of the Potomac as long as this people are free, but West Point has never produced an Esau. It has never produced a Benedict Arnold. Excitement It has never produced a man who put up the Presidency and sold it. Continued laughter and excitement I hope the gentleman from New York has intellect to appreciate what I mean. Mr. Chairman, I was not educated et WeBt Point, but I wns educated in a school where there was a well organized militia, and where our alma mater taught us to shed our bloud in defense of the State when she called upon us. I responded to the ct 11. I did not do us soma men here did, stay at home and pay a substitute to go and help to defend my country. Laughter. Iam no graduate of Wtst Point, but I am from a State which , has fhown from its past conduct that in war, i it is the bravest of enemies and that in peace, it is the best of friends. I am bold to ! defend my State. Nothing connected with j the record of the past has ever smirched her j record, and God grant that I may always be ; what 1 believe I have been in the past, a 1 worthy sou of such a State. Applause. Mr. Fort In view of the harmony exist-; ing oi the Democratic side, I demand the: regular order of business. Laughter and j cries of 'no," "no," "no." After some time, and in the midst of increasing excitement, Mr. Hewitt ngain! got the floor and stid: Mr. Chairman, I have received hard hits in my time and have learned to take them, and uow I propose only to say this, there were brave men before Agamemnon; there were brave men before the member from South Carolina (Aiken), but I have never known of any brave men coming home from war nnd boasting of their deeds and valor. A brave man leaves that to the historian, and to that record! consign the gentleman from South Carolina; and now 1 request the Clerk to read the language of the gentleman to which I replied the other day. Tho extract having been read, Mr. Hewitt eontiuued : The gentleman insinuates that somebody sold the Presidency. No Northern nin sold out the Presidency. The proposition to Bell the Presidency was mane to mo and I contemptuously refuse! it. Excitement and shouts of ''name, name." Mr. Ellsworth I want to know who it wns that propoHed to the gentleman to Btll out the Presidency? Mr. Hewitt If the House desires to have that portion of the unwritten history told I will tell it. Cries of "Let us have it all" and great excitemeut Mr. Hewitt, after order being somewhat restored, proceeded to recount the facts connected with the proposition made to him by Colonel Pickett, us coming from J. H. Maddux, special agent of the Treasury Department, to pay J. Madison Wells, Chairman of ihe ReturniLg Beard of Louisiana, for giv-iiitr the count of that State to Mr. Tildeo, testified before the committee of the House last session. Mr. Ellsworth interrupted tne narrative. and wanted to ask Mr. Hewitt a question, but Mr. Hewitt decline! to be catechised any urther, saving that he was already anjwer- iui? a nutstion. "And now, said he, in conclusion, "l nak the gentleman from South Carolina (Aikcu) to tell me by what riyht he turns upon me and accupes me ot selling iktt Presidency ? ' Mr. Aiken The gentleman trora ftow i York has been off the track entirely on which I was traveling. He has Bimply been J giving us nero punnsueu testimony, wuicn anybody might havo read for himself. I alluded to the speech which he made on this flour iu which he said, or in which the newspapers reported him as having said, that as far as the gift of tho Presidency waB concerned, he would rather give up the Presidency than see one drop of blood spilled in defense ot the uemocratic party, i got, tuai from the newspapers. 1 believed it then 1 believe it yet. Laughter. Mr. Hewitt It seems that on a mere newspaper paragraph this immaculate and honorable gentleman from South Carolina (Aiken) infers that a brother Democrat had sold the Presidency. He will be surprised to know that no such words ever fell from my lips on the floor of this House or anywhere else, and that when I saw it going the rounds of the newspapers, it was one ot the very few calumnies that I contradicted over my own name. Mr. Ataen i am ciaa 10 near it. Mr. Hewitt he says he is clad to hear it. If he had such a sentiment in his heart, and f he had had that high feeling ot honor which should govern a South Caroliauian, ho would, before making that charge on this lloor, have come to me and asked how much irutn mere wns m it. i went my iitjurt upon my sleeve and there is nothing which I have done trjm the beginning to the end of that business, which 1 am not ready to proclaim and have published. Mr. Luttreii suggesteu to Messrs. Hewitt and Aiken that it was only eight miles to liitidfnsbiirtrn. the tamous dueling ground. and that although the roads were muddy, he thought they couia gei mere. Mr. Hewitt brtiBhed aside the intimation. and then said that he would answer the nuPBtiou as to what assurance had ben given for the withdrawal of the troops from Louisiana ana oomu Hronuu, unu on tuis point he Baid : "Afier the decision of the Electoral Tribunal in the Louisiana case had been announced, it became apparent to me, as it did to every intelligent person who studied the situation, that the final decision of the Electoral Commission would award the Presidency to Hayes. Of course 1 felt that it was a great grievance, but 1 felt that we had submitted that question to tho in bunal and that we were bound and con eluded by itB decision, and I told everybody that I Bhould vote to secure every decision of the Tribunal, no matter whu the conse q nonces might be, but I did not see any reason wny, oecause air. naves wns going into the Presidency, I "should ignore the fact that there was a large number of gentlemen in the House who did not look on the question as I did and they had told me that the count should never be completed. On that state ment l reuected and l said to myself, unless it is understood that the troops shall be withdrawn from Louisiana and South Carolina, civil war will surely break out, for the members from Louisiana nBSured me tliat their people would no longer submit to the military domination. I knew that i if they restated, other Southern States would bo in honor bound to help them, and 1 thought, if I coul 1 not have the Presidency Sived from the wreck, there was not any good reason why South Carolina and Louisiana Bhould not be saved from it. There upon, of my own motion, I went to my friend from Ohio ( Foster) and mode him pretty much the same remark that I now make. The reason why I went to him, was because he had made a speech on this floor, in which he declared what the President's policy wculd be, and he believed it, and I believed it. I said to that gentleman,"! fear there will be trouble unless you can Batisfy these Southern eentlemen that the policy which you have declared to be the policy of the incoming administration win oeauuerea to. He said to me. "What can I dj?" I Baid. "I do not know; it is not my business, but I tell you the facts." He said, "I will see about it;" and subsequently, i thins: the next dav. he came to me and showed me a letter signed by Mr. Hayes, which letter has since been published, i read it. ne saia, "Will that be satisfactory?" I said. "Mr. Foster, it is not me whom you have to satisfy. It is other gentlemen." To me it would not be satisfactory, but you must go to them and satisfy them that this policy will oecar-ried out." That was the last interview which I had with Mr. Foster on the sabiect. What fol lowed came to me from other persons. I had no part in a bareain. It it was made. I know nothing of its terms, bat was told on the day that the Vermont return had been put through the joint Convention, that these gentlemen from South Carolina were satisfied, and that there could be no good reason why the count should not proceed. I do not know how they were satisfied. I have never een any member from Louisiana about it. i only know that they told me they were satisfied, and on that, so far as I had any fluence, I exerted it for the completion of the count. I did it in the interest ot peace, I did it in the interest of my country. I be lieve that I did then the wisest and best act of my life, so far as I had any connection with matters. If other men made improper bireains. I know nothing of them. Have I answered the gentleman's (Ellsworth's) question to his satis action f Mr. Ellsworth made no response, but Mr. Conger again manifested a very eager desiro to put a question to Mr. Hewitt, an oppor tunity which neither Mr. Hewitt, the chair man, or the committee seemed inclined to give him. Mr. Durham liavinpr cuarge ot una mil floud 1 in d liter and shouts of "what bill?"l I am not talking about politics; Iam talking about business, i am taming anotit tne aiu itarv Acadsmr bill, not the Electoral bill i move that the committee rise for the purpose of closing the debate ou this amend-. ment. The committee, oy a vote oi izu id 46, determined to rise. After several motions to adiourn had been voted down, Mr. Durham moved that when the House next go into committee of the W hole, debue should close in one minute. After some confusion and delay, the House again went into committee ot the Whole, debate on the bill to close in one hour. Mr. Conner desired to call the attention of the gentleman trom JNew lone (Hewitt) to some of the extraordinary statements he had made and to what seemed to mm a very un satisfactory reply to questions asked him. If he understood the gentleman right, he had said in his place on the floor that the Presi dency w&BBoid out, hue mat no iNorinern man sold it. The gentleman said that the Presidency had been sold out. Mr. Hewitt arose to reply.-Mr. Conger I don't yield. Mr. Hewitt I will not allow any gentle man to put words into my mouth. Mr. Conger assured him that he was trying to keep words out of the gentleman's mouth. Laughter. J he language which '.ne gentleman had used, was that no Northern man had sold out the Presidency, intimating that a Southern man bad. He had made no re ply as to that There was another proposition to which he had made no reply. The gentleman had eaid that a proposition had neen made to nun to sen out wnai r me Presidency? not to buy. When the House and country had been eager and anxious to learn these new developments aooui the gentleman's selling out, the gentleman has come forward nnd quoted from the reports which had been printed for months. The gentleman hd stated that a proposition had been made to him to sell the J'resiuency, not to buy it. Was that a satisfactory answer to give to a charge made by the gentleman from South Carolina that he (Hewitt) naa Bold out r Was it an answer to tell the House that he had a proposition to buy the Presidency, which he had not accepted? Ho asked the gentleman to follow up his remarks and tell who had made the proposition to him to sell the Presidency. Mr. Hewitt Wobody. Mr. Conger I don't yield. Laughter. Mr. Hewitt I want to answer you as you eo a Ion or. Mr. Conger continuing, said that Mr. Hewitt had stated that assurance had been made to him that the troops would bo with drawn if the Commusion work could go on, and he had shown tho general letter of Mr. Haves, stating his view. Did tho gentle man think that that statement would satisfy the country when he had made the assur ance that such a proposition had been made to him? Laughter Mr. Finlev said in his opinion tho time of tho House had been spent more foolishly to-1 day than any day this session. Tho gentle- ! man from New York (Hewitt) had stated j that the proposition had been mtde to him by J. Madison welts, to Ben out tne residency. He ( Finley j desired to add that that hoary-headed old rascal and his fellow conspirators had been indicted in Louisiana, and that one of them had been convicted, and yet, to-dy, members of Congress, of tho House and Senate, and members of the Cabinet were sending to this convicted criminal letters of condolence. Not only that, but if the papers spoke truly, there was even now serious discussion in the Cabinet over the proposition of sending the army. Mr. Townsend of New York They should not have been taken away into Louisiana to wrest from the hands of the law the convicted criminal. Mr. Hanna rose to discuss the Academy bill, but was interrupted with laughter and cries of "That is not the subject we are on." He, however, persevered in his purpose, saying that the Democrats from the South and Republicans from the North dd not care two cents about Samuel J. Tilden. Laughter.!Mr. Foster stid that he had not heard the opening remarks of the geutleman from N ew York (Hewitt), but in the remainder of his statement there was really nothing which bad not been published to the world time aud time again, unless it was the statement that he bad reason to believe that bo me bargain had been made with some Louisiana gentleman. There had been no bar gain made so tar as he (Foster) was concerned, he never knew of any. For himself, he confessed that ho had felt the greatest solicitude at the condition of the coun try. He had desired a peaceful solution of the electoral count here. The question of peace or strife had been invaded. He had thoueht then that he knew what Governor Hayes's feelings were on the question of local self governmont. He had made public a proclamation of that ia his place on the floor, and Governor Hayes had thanked him for making it, and that it was the letter to which so much reference bad been made. He did not know that at that time the gen tleman from New York (Hewitt) was playing any important part in that case until after he had come to him (Foster) to inquire something about it. He (Foster) had labor ed simply for a peicetul execution ot tho electoral mil, without exacting any .promises, without making any promises, except stating what he had believed would bo the policy of President Hayes. No one thing was done anywhere, or in any other place, and he defied mortal man to bring evidence to that effect, that obliged any body to do anything in consideration ot anything being done by the other side. Mr. Ellis of Louisiana, who had been out of the Hall during the discussion, aud who uaa eviaenuy neen in informed or tue purport of Mr. Hewitt's remarks about him. ob tained the floor, and assuming that Hewitt bad held himself and his colleagues responsi-b'e for the Presidential bargain, declared that the lip which uttered the assertion that Louisiana, or any Representative of Louisi ana, or any authorized agent of Louisiana, had ever bartered or souerht to barter, or en tertained a proposition to destrov nnv inter ests of the Democratic party, or the interests of the whole people of the Union in the elec tion of Samuel J. Tilden, lied in his heart and lied in his foul throat. He then went on to relate a conference at the Wormley Hotel, mentioning as the visitors on that occasion, himself, E. A, Burke, of Louisiana, and Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, on the Democratic side, and on the Republican side, Mr. Garfield, Mr. Foster, ex-Governor Den-nison, Stanley Matthews and Senator, now Secretary, Sherman. He declared that there was no bargain or talk of bargain. That the only matter which had transpired, wdB an interchange of views and that he and his friendB relied upon the assurance of Mr. Hayes's close friendB as to what were his views and sentiments in regard to Louisiana and bouth Carolina. They had bound him by no promise, by no pledge. The debate closed and the comparatively prosy business of the bill was resumed. Fur the hour or two that this personal and political skirmish lasted, the Bcenes in the house were of a highly excited character. The members on the Republican side seemed to enjoy keenly the internecine war on the opposite side of the Chamber, and were most eager in their encouragement of Aiken, Ellis, and other antagonists whom Hewitt had on hand, and Conger was constantly and ir-repressibly on his feet, seeking opportunities to send poisoned arrows into the enemy's camp. But with all the confusion and excitement of the scene, there was an entire absence of any dangerous element or bitter party feeling. It only Bsemed to be peculiarly relished nnd enjoyed as a pleasant contrast to the daily dullness of the sessions of the House. Mr. Clymer's amendment was agreed to, and the bill was reported to the House, but without final action the House adjourned. FOREIGN. Ollicial Publication of a Startling Iteport, That tha British Fleet has Passed the Dardanelles to the Sea of Marmora. The Porte Conlenis Ksell With a Simple Protest. Three Parties Formed iu the Sacred College. A Seiiled racket Found in 111 o Desk of the Pope Aildrossil to His Snccetsor. Boiler lliiit (be British Fleet tans Pa.Ncri the arilnnt'lieH. London, Feb. 13. The Advertiser publiahea the following in official form : We have reason to believe the fleet has passed the Dardanelles and is now in the Sea of Marmora. We understand Admiral Hornby was left full discretion as to the force he would take with him and in all probability a larger force has gone than was at first contemplated. We believe the Porte has contented itself with a formal protest. Tho llmiilllallnn or England. London, Feb. 13. Last niiilu's an nouncements in Parliament have not appreciably relieved the tension or di- Diinisned the excitement nere. The Pall Mall Gazette of yesterday afternoon expressed the expectation that the Government would seek permission to enter (he Dardanelles by means of a formal pledge that the fleet should have no other business before Constantinople except that declared in Lord Derby's statement ot Friday. Tbe i'all Mall Ua-zette considered this about as perilous and humiliating a position an was possible. It declared it to be the imperative duty of the Ministry to redeem the country from this position at any cost, and demanded such reconstruction of the Cabinet as would leave no doubt that it, like the country, is of one mind. The Times' Vienna dispatch says on this subject. What looked yesterday merely probable seems to-day pretty certain; namely, that the entry of tire British fleet into the Dardanelles has been a subject of negotiations ostensibly between the Britisu tiovernment and the rorte, but in reality through the Porte between En gland Russia. Ihe limes, in its leading editorial arti cle, says: "However desirable a compro mise may be, it can only be based upon the re establishment of some degree of mutual confider.ee, snd it is necessary to observe that it still depends upon Bussia to take the first steps necessary for this purpose. Turkinli News Ileum. Constantinople, Feb. 13. The ordi nary telegraphic routes have been restored.Hostilities are renewed in Thessaly. The Black Hea blockade i raised, and many shins are coing there for grain. The postal service via UJesea win be resumed. v Hmallpox and fever are increasing among the refugees. The distress is very great. The Emperor William of Ger many has subscribed hMOi) to the Inter national Refugee fund. It is believed the entry of the Uussians would not give rise to any serious trouble public opinion ou the subject having so changed. ine A-oie. Rome. Feb. 13 The Ambassadors of the Catholic powern have jointly intimat ed to Camerlengo that if some Cardinals, known for their uncompromising spirit, whom they named, were likely to obtain the shttragea of the Conclave the Am bassadors would be compelled to oppose their election. Camerlengo hail found in the rope's desk a sealed packet with in structions for delivering it into the hands of his successor. He also found 400,000 eendi, the destination of which probably ib designated in the rope's teBtament. Ihe rope's wealth altogether is said to amount to 120.000.000 lire, which is mostly in the hands of the Rothschilds at rariH. Koilmuiilnn All'rtlrn. Bucharest, Feb. 13. The Czarovitch is expected shortly on the way to St, Pe tersburg. Koumama is taking measures lor mobil izing all her able bodied men against con tingencies. Ihe Austrian subjects, re- Biding in Roumania have been summoned to report at the Austrian consulates in view of a possible Austrian mobilization. Many petitions against the retrocession of Bessarabia to Russia are reaching the government. Considerable Russian reinforcements are arriving at Jassy. The Divisions ami ('nnilliliiteg of Ibe Bucred college. Rome, Feb. 13. The Liberta states three parties have formed in the bacred College, namely, the irreconcilables, ail vocatea of compromise, and the advocates of the maintenance of Btatus quo. The first, led br Cardinal Manning, com mands about twelve votes; the second is said to have decided to support the elec tion of Cardinal Monetti, Archbishop of Ravenna; while the third, which is the most numerous party, is said to have selected Cardinal Lnigi di Caroasa, Arch bishop of Verona, as its candidate. Arrest or Socialists. Odessa, Feb. 13. A number of socialist propagandists were arrested Monday night. Two or three were wounded in 'he struggle with the police, Beveral of whom were also wouBded, Proposed ('nlllng Oat or the Militia. London, Feb. 13. A portion of the militia will Boon be called out and two corvettes, now in American waters, be ordered to join the Mediterranean equad-ron. The Anderson Case. New Orleans, Feb. 13. This morn ing, when the motion for a new trial in the Anderson case came up, the defense filed additional grounds : That the ac cused could prove by Littleiield that he never bad any connection whatever with the forgery and uttering of forged returns, to which fact Littlefield had already testified before the Congressional committee in Washington; that Littlefield, after a course of absence, had clandestinely re turned and bidden bimeell until alter the evidence had closed and argument opened, thereby depriving the accused of hiB testimony. The accused can also prove by Colonel Zicharie (Democrat), that he was not presant at the opening of the returns from Vernon parish; that the Democratic clerks often made errors in the returns, which could also have been made a crimi nal charge, nnd the incorrectness of the Returning Board proceedings by Collins, stenographer, were often referred to during the proceedings. The motion was conlinued till Friday. Heeling; or Silk Bfannfuclurers. New York, Feb. 13. A large meet ing of silk manufacturers wns held at the Chamber of Commerce to day. Several hundred manufacturers and dealers were represented. A resolution was adopted to memorialize Congress against the proposed imposition of ten per cent, duly upon all raw silk, cocoons and silk waste. J. A, Stearns, seth Low and V. r. Donohue are a committee appointed to visit Washington and preset the memo rial, A resolution to reduce the time of credit to six months was adopted and a committee appointed to confer with man- uiacturers as to a suitable time to give eflect to the resolution. Fatal Kallroad Collision. Pittsburo, Feb. 13. A collision oc curred about nine o'clock this morning, near Newport, on the New Castle branch of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad, The Erie express north collided with a freight train, wrecking both engines and several cars, Fred. Pflugh, engineer of the freight train, and Hill, hreman of the passenger train, were killed. Engineer Ramsey, of the passenger train, and a brakeman named Anderson, were injured, but not seriously. None of the passengers were injured. National Trotting Association. New York, Feb. 13. The seventh Congress of the National Association for the promotion of the interests of Ameri can trotting horses, began this afternoon. ine tracks enrolled as membere ot the Association and the number of delegates present are over sixty. rresident Charles W. Woolley, of Cin cinnati, called the Convention to order. Each Association is entitled to send three delegate?, but only entitled to one vote. Admitted to Hall, New York, Feb. 13 L. Cate, the con victed and sentenced President of the Security Life Insurance and Annuity company, but who has been granted a stay of proceedings, pending the argu ment ot bis case before the general term of Supreme Court, was admitted to bail to-day by Judge Donohue in So.OOU pending his appeal. The Judge said he was governed in this action by the de cision in tho Genet case. The Clermont Couuty Treasury Kobbery Case. Cincinnati, Feb. 12. The prelimina ry examination of Chales Demmitt. charg ed with jrobbicg the Treasury of Cler mont county of $24,(JUt), was concluded this evening at Batavia, Ohio, and Dem-mett held in $20,000 bail to answer before Ihe Court of Common Fleas, Bit. Vernon Matters. Mt. Vernon, Feb. 13. To the Editor of the Ohio State Journal : The "old and reliable correspondent'' of the Daily Dispatch for this place, in his eagerness to impress the new State Journal man with his overwhelming importance as a news gatherer, allowed his vanity to overstep that exact bound o' truthfulness which an "old and reg. cor." should ever strive to keep up to tho regu lar gauge. In his criticism of a recent communication published in the State Journal, he says "the crowning misrep resentation was, that no arrests were made. This is a slur on our efficient police that they do not deserve; Monagen was prompt ly arrested for assault and bound over in the Bum of $300, as Justice Ewing's docket shows." Now the exact facts are that Monagan was arrested by a warrant sworn out by George before Justice Parke, charging him with assault with intent to kill, anil served by Constable Wright. The police had nothing to do in making the arrest, and Justice Ewing's docket fails to show any Buch record as described by the "old and reliable" tertile imagination Our police are a good and efficient set of men, and no doubt are up to, or above the average; but when it is asserted that they had no knowledge of any gambling going on in the city, it is positively Billy, We are promised, at an early day, a grand concert by Professor Echart's orchestra, assisted by Miss Ada Johnston as vocalist. As Miss Johnston wan a former resident of Mt, Vernon, she will meet with a goodly welcome. Extensive preparations are being innde at Kenyon College to celebrate the 22d in a proper and patriotic manner. The music will be furnished by the Cadet band, and orations by li. 1). Ares and U, M. Pogue epqs. A special train will run from Mt. Vernon to Gambier and return for the accommodation of those wishing to attend. 1,1st of Patents. A weekly list of United States patents issued to the inventors of Ohio for the week ending January 20, 1878, and each patent in tbe list will bear that date : Mark L. Deering, Cleveland, machine for painting oarreis; jeptna liarrnru, Cincinnati, grain binders; Matthew Van Horner, Davton, dumping cars: Irwin Yost. Thorn- ville, corn hoppers; George A. Whitney, La-Grange, attachment for grindstones; Henrv h. It. Wolf, Dayton, paper dishes; W. A. U. B. Austin, Cubs, gates; William S. Bate?, Oincinnat, speed indicators; Daniel Brnbakcr, Alamh'eld, mill stone exhaust; John Burkholdcr. Cec treburg, wheat steaming apparatus; Daniel W, liazeltine, Couneaut, carriage tops; A. Noteman, Toledo, rotary pumps; M. V. Longworth and rAi M. Tannehill. Pelnhos. combined meat pounder and hasher; Thomas L. Mattocks and Judson Wise, Logan, insoles for boots and Bboes; David McUurdy, Ottawa, gates; John B. Nelscher, Mansfield, vinegar generators; William It. Porter, Doylestown, wagon couplings; William 0. Ross, Cincinnati, piston valves: Webster B. Wesb, Wilmington, cushions for vehicle springs. Trade mark James H. Pitt, Bel-laire, baking powder, DIED. Griffin At her residence, corner of Third and tioodale streets, Tuesday, 12th inst., at 11:20 a. m , Mrs. Esther W. Gairrix. . Funeral this afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the Church of the Good Shepherd, Russell street. Friends are invited to atttnd without further notice. It 0'Kan On Wednesday, February 13, at 2 p. m., Mrs. Oassib O'Kans, wife of Henry O'Kano. Funeral will take place from the Third Street M. E. Church, on Friday, at 2:30 p. m. FriendB are invited to attend. febH2t Oabhatt At the American Hotel. Tues day morning. Februarv U. 1878. of con gestion of the lungs, Mrs. Saiuh E .wile of nnrvey vasoaic. Funeral services from her father's lesi- dence, No. 688 East Friend street, Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock. Friends and ac quaintances respectfully invited. feb!3 2t Dibrlir On Tuesday morning. February 12, 1878, at 4 o'clock, Mrs. M&ii'i Louibh Dkshlkr, wife of the lae John G. Deshler. The funeral will take place from her late residence, at 2 o'clock p. m., Thursday, Feb ruary ii. oervices ny tue ttev, Lir. Willis Lord, nouowera. lebl3 2t Tuthbr At 4 o'clock p. m , Tuesday, February 12. If stubs Mr id. wife of Thomas Tnther, in the sixty-third year of her age. runerai irom tne ramuy residence, ooti North High street, Friday morning, at 10'A o'clock. FriendB and acquaiutances are invited to attend. feb!3 3t New Advertisements. JOHN" MAX HAS BEUOVID HIS Livory, Sale and Boarding Stables In the rear of Neil House, in building form erly occupiea by tne'lTansler Uo. febU Ira 1 24p 6 rand Trunk Railway Company of Canada Tenders for Steam Coal. TENDBUS ARB INVITED FOR THE following estimated quantities of Steam Coal required by this Oompany during tho present year, to be delivered as under, viz: At i'ortlund, about lt,u00 tons ot 2240 lbs. per ton, to be delivered in about equal monthly installments at the Company's wharf, duty paid and free of ail charges; deliveries to commence on 1st May neit, and to be completed on or before the 1st December. 1878. At International Bridc;e,Black Rock. about 40,000 tons net, and at Detroit Junction, about 7000 tons net, to be delivered by rail at both placcS,on board cars, in equal month ly installments, with treiput cnargea paid, between 1st April, 1878, and 1st April, 1879. The coal to be well screened over a screen of not less than one and a quarter inch meshes, nnd free from all extraneous sub stances. Parties tendering to designate the name or kind of coal they propose to deliver. Pay ments will be made in cash or by notes at short dates, beariog interest, within the month following that in which the coal is delivered. Tenders endorsed "Tenders for Steam Coal," for the above quantities or fractional parts thereof of not lfes than 6C00 tons, will oe received by tne undersigned ton or before Monday, the 4lh day of March, 1878. The Company do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender. JUSUfrl HiUKSUH, lieu'l Mnnager. Montreal, February U, 1878. febl4eod6t Public Male of Kenl JCstate lo the Highest ttiddir. IN PURSUANCE OP A DEED OF TRUST executed and delivered to the underHiuncd Trustees, by Benjamin E. Williams aud his wiih jyjiiry a. r. wiiiiams, we win sen 10 ine htghe&t bidder , at public auction, on Wednesday, March SO, 1M7S, tit 20 O'clock A. M., On the premise, the following depcriled real eatnto, to-wit: Bituate in the city ot Columbus, Ohio, &nd being that pnrt of outlot number Biscy-eifini as snia ouuot is design men on the oriuinnl plat of ttiid city ot Columbus, bounded as follows: bnginniog at the north-went corner of said outiot, at ft point in the south lino of lirond Htreet; thence easterly along said south line of Broad street one hundred and thirteen feet and five incites (1)3 ft., 6 in.), to the northwest corner of lot number one, as flaid lot number one is designated on the pint of the subii melon of outlots Nos t)8 and 6!) by David Morgan And Win, A. Gill, May 7. 1851. aud recorded in Ptat Book No. 1. naeo 22, in the office ot the Recorder of said county of Franklin; thence southerly along the went line of said lot number ono (1), one hundred ana eifciiiy-soven leex ana six inenes, to a point in the north line of East Public alley, as designated on said plat; thence westerly along said norm line oi base rutmc alley one hundred and thirteen foot and five inches (113 ft,, 6 in) to the west Una of said outlot No 68; thence northerly along said west line of Baid outlot No. C8. one hundred and eighty-seven feet and six incnes to tne point ot Deinuing. We will oiler said parcel of ground in two lot?, oflch fronting 66 feet 8 inches on Broad street, and extending back to the alley. Upon the east lot is a double brick dwelhnti house; on the west lot is a comfortable frame cottage. Terms of Bale One-third of the purchaBO money to be paid cash in hand on day of sale, the residue to he paiu in two equal payments, in one and two years respectively from dnv of sale, with interest, evidenced by tho purchaser's notes nnd secured by mortgage on the premises sold. AIho, on Ttanrsdaytlfarcb 21,1878, at 11 O'clock A. M,, On tho premises, the following described real estate, to-wit: Bittmie in tne county ot Liicii ing, In the State of Ohio, and in Kango lourteeu (14), township one (1) and section one (I) of the United States Military land, in Harrison township, fora erly known by the name ot the Bacchus section, beintr the whole of lot number twenty-nine (2D), and the cast half of lot number inirty-mne (auj.aa uesignnieti on a ritu ana survey of Baid section, recorded in the Recorder's office, in said Licking county, in Book li. page 30H; said lot '2'.i to contain eighty acres, and the said east nnu ot lot no. w to contain lorty acres. Terms of Sale The same as for the first described lots on Broad street. L. J. CRITCHFIRLD, LORENZO KNttbLsH. fcb!4 Trupteea. NOTICE TO THE PUBLfO-UPON THE urgent request of the citizen of Columbus, I have opened a permanent branch in this city for the Bale of my Patent Rusfian Pebble Hpeoiacles, which have received the highest. Award, Medal and Diploma at the Centennial Exposition. KEMBMBER THE blGHT 18 PRICELESS. It is therefore necessary that persona in want of Spectacles should go to a practical Optician nnd have them properly adapted to their vision. The Russian Pebblo Speetoclea are warranted to Btrenglhen nnd improve the sight, and should they ever fail in case of sicknesB.other glasses will he supplied tree of charge. J. DIAMOND. TUB OPTICIAN, U and 13 E State St. At Seltzer & Co.'s Music Store. Always on hand, a largo stock of Opera Glasses, Field (ilasos, Telescopes, Stero-scopes, Microflcopes.Mugio Lanterns, Barometers, Thermometers, Hydrometers, etc. Bold at low prices. Repairing done on the shortest notice. janiHHim 1 4p Y. BINDER'S KENTACttANT BILLIARD It O OMS WEST MAIN STREET, NEWAHK, O. All kinds of GAME In season, Imported WINES, LUtlXHtS and ( IHAllfj, declR cod 6m 1 i 4d GENTLEMEN, TH E BEST PLACE TO HAVE YOUR CLOTH-1NU bound, repaired, altored, newly lined, Bilk velvet collars and buttons cleaned, pressed and dyed, Is at No. UttNitnlhpVroniibetweeu Btato and Broad, in rear of Neil House.) JAMES WILLI A MM. iyMlyl4p